Fencing



(No Model.)

0. G. WARD & G. W. WARREN. FENCING.

No. 434.965. Patented Aug. 26, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. XVARD AND CHARLES XV. WARREN, OF MOUNT VERNON, OHI

FENCING.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,965, dated August 26, 1890. Application filed January 10, 1890. Serial No. 336 ,512. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES C. WARD and CHARLES W. WARREN, citizens of the United States, residingatMountVernon, in the county of Knox and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fencing, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the improvement of wire fencing, and has particular relation to that class of wire fencing in which the horizontal parallel wires are connected at intervals with vertical wires or pickets.

The objects of our invention are to provide a fence of this class which shall be of simple construction and inexpensive and of a durable and neat form, and to provide an improved connection of the parallel horizontal wires and the vertical wires orpickets, which, aside from ordinaryposts, comprise the fence. These objects we accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a View in elevation of one side of a portion of ourimproved fence, which, for convenience, we will term the front side.

.Fig. 2 is a view in detail of the rear face of one of our improved clinching or connecting pieces, showing two wires connected thereby. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 4is a face view of a modified form of a bindingplate.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. A represents the horizontal parallel wires of fence, and B the vertical wires thereof,

. which cross said wires A at desired intervals d, which are formed with and project outwardly from a solid base or end.

In connecting the wires A and B one of the binding-plates c is placed flatly aga nst the horizontal wire at the junction of said wires in such manner as to cause the central opening of said plate to form a frame for the contact-points of the two wires. The cap cl is then so placed as to cause its prongs cl to enter the central opening of the binding-plate on opposite sides of the wires A B and cause its solid head or end to bear firmly against the vertical wire. The ends of the prongs d, which are thus made to project through the plate-opening, are, as shown, then bent back or clinched against the rear face of the plate, thus clamping the wires firmly together and providing a flat bearing for the clinch-prongs. The spaces between the prongs ad oining their head are of such size as to cause the wires to fit closely therein when clamped as above described, thus preventing play or looseness between the parts. The pressure of the vertical wire against the horizontalv wire exerted by the cap will tend to produce a slight outward bend of the vertical wire, as shown at a: in Fig. 3 of the drawings, thus providing in said vertical wire a slight offset or seat for the horizontal wire and aiding 111 assuring the connection of said wires;

From the construction herein shown it is obvious that a strong and durable connection of the two sets of wires is attained by simple and comparatively inexpensive means. It will also be observed that with clamping-tools properly constructed the above-describecbconnection may be made with rapidity and ease, and that each connection being made separately one of said connections may be replaced or repaired without interfering with the other.

As shown in Fig; 4: of the drawings, we may omit the large central hole in the bindingplate and substitute therefor a slotted opening for the reception of the prongs of the cap. Said plate might also be in the form of an ordinary ring without altering the principle of our invention.

Having now fully described our invention, ings on opposite sides of the wires A B and What We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a wire fence, the combination, With the 5 intersecting wires A B, of binding-plate 0,

having one or more openings therein, and

clinching-cap d, having prongs (1', adapted to be inserted Within said plate opening or openclinched against the face of said plate, sub- 10 stantially as described.

CHARLES C. WARD. CHARLES WV. WARREN. In presence of JOHN E. RUSSELL, RAYMOND BEDELL. 

